Lazlo's Strike Author:T. V. Olsen A Spur Award-winning Author — Long hours of back-breaking labor were nothing new to Hungarian immigrant Lazlo Kusik, who was seeking his fortune in the gold-rich hills of the Sierra Nevada. Then, after a sweltering summer and bitter fall of shoveling sand through his sluice in the rushing waters of Lost Creek, Lazlo's luck changed. But... more » he still had to bring his treasure back through unforgiving territory filled with hardcases.